USN · SS

Spadefish

Afloat

Balao-class submarine, SS-411. Mare Island Navy Yard. Laid down 27 May 1943, launched 8 January 1944, commissioned 9 March 1944, Commander Gordon Waite Underwood in command. Her first patrol was with the submarines Picuda and Redfish. On 17 November 1944, on her second patrol, she sank the escort carrier Shinyo on the way to Singapore. Underwood was relieved on 26 February 1945. Decommissioned at Mare Island on 3 May 1946. Reclassified AGSS on 6 November 1962. Struck on 1 April 1967 and scrapped.

Type	Submarine (SS)
Hull	SS-411
Builder	Mare Island Navy Yard
Launched	1944-01-08
Commissioned	1944-03-09
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. On 17 November 1944 she sank the escort carrier Shinyo, on the way to Singapore. Decommissioned at Mare Island on 3 May 1946. Reclassified AGSS on 6 November 1962. Struck on 1 April 1967 and scrapped.
Command	Underwood, Gordon Waite Commanding officer from commissioning, 9 March 1944; In command when she sank Shinyo on 17 November 1944; Relieved on 26 February 1945

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

USS Spadefish (SS-411) off Mare Island Navy Yard on 11 May 1944. The hull number is not readable in this view. U.S. Navy photograph, from NavSource. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

GUUnderwood, Gordon WaiteCommanding officer from commissioning, 9 March 1944In command when she sank Shinyo on 17 November 1944Relieved on 26 February 1945

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